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Chill at the Grill
Hold monthly extended
outdoor lunches that include
summer picnic fare and lawn
games such as corn hole,
croquet and bocce ball.

The Gift of Time
Make concierge services
available so that after work
hours aren't consumed with
the mundane. Dry cleaning
pickups can be skipped
but still achieved, leaving
more time for working up a
good case of tennis elbow.

Take a Bike
Make a few bicycles
available for general
daytime use. Cycling can
be a summer alternative
to driving or an energizing
afternoon break.

Field Day
Frisbee golf, kickball or a
round of golf. The event
itself isn't as important as
where it will be staged:
outdoors. Relaxed gettogethers can be conducive
to creativity and help erode
interpersonal barriers.

Ice Cream Break
Cater in a little summer with
an afternoon ice cream cart.
Bonus points for ice cream
truck music to accompany
the drumstick delivery.
Excerpted/adapted from: https://
www.salary.com/articles/
avoid-employee-burnout-bringsummer-fun-to-the-office/

EMPLOYEE
PRODUCTIVITY: 3
DOS AND DON'TS
FOR SUMMER
MONTHS IN THE
OFFICE
By: Adam Heitzman, Co-founder, HigherVisibility

It's summertime and the living is easy... sort
of. There's something about these happy,
warm weathered months that makes the
work week feel unnatural. While there may
not be a single cause to blame for summer
slumps, there are certainly ways we can help
our employees stay productive, focused,
and positive throughout the summer.
DO: Relax your office dress code a bit.
This small practice is one of the easiest ways
to make life easier on your employees. Try
composing a dress code that encourages
employees to take on a casual, comfortable,
but put together look for office hours.
DO: Schedule some employee
appreciation. The mentality of fun and
vacation that's associated with the summer
months is why so many businesses schedule
their employee appreciation day(s) during
this time. Employee appreciation could be
as simple as a catered lunch, or it could
be more like an off-site activity, a contest
or game with prizes, happy hour, etc.

DO: Try having flexible summer hours.
A popular practice is for a business to
lengthen the workday Monday-Thursday
by an hour or two in exchange for closing
early on Friday. It may even result in fewer
PTO requests, because employees will
be inclined to use those extra hours of
freedom as travel time for a long weekend.
DON'T: Force the fun. While providing
opportunities for recreation or activity is
definitely something that most employees
seek, you have to make sure you're
doing it in ways that are sincere and nonpushy. Make sure office activities are
encouraged but optional, and that your
motivation for such events is to show
your employees a good time rather than
force merriment for the sake of holding
management generosity over their heads.
DON'T: Insist employees change their
schedules. Having the option of summer
hours is a luxury, but it may not be for
every employee. Some professionals thrive
on a consistent schedule and may be so
adapted to their normal work week hours
that deviating from it may throw them off,
so give them the option of declining.
DON'T: Micromanage employees.
Employees who are allowed to self-regulate
and work independently are consistently
the most reliable, productive, and happiest
individuals, so do your part as an employer
to encourage that kind of independence.
Excerpted/adapted from: https://www.inc.com/
adam-heitzman/employee-productivity-3-dosand-donts-for-summer-months-in-the-office.html

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